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Becoming A Smart Ass, the Cottonelle Way

September 19, 2012 by

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I never thought I’d be writing a post about toilet paper.  On the other hand, I also never thought I would have written posts about things spewing out of my nose, zombie pustules from outer space, and placentas.   But when my palm is being greased (in a manner of speaking), I suppose I’ll write about […]

Breaking Bad: The Belt Buckle Version

September 19, 2012 by

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What with all the recent antics involving Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and the rise in women being encouraged to eat their placentas after giving birth, I totally forgot about one of the most memorable airport experiences I had on this most recent trip to Turkey. It occurred on the first leg of my journey, at […]

Travelling Light: No Suitcase and At Times, No Plane

September 12, 2012 by

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Actual conversations held between 8/31/12 and 9/10/12 between an unnamed, not- famous-but-should-be blogger (LBL) and various representatives of airlines and airport security: 8/31/12 Frankfort, Germany LBL: Why have we been sitting at the gate for three hours? Lufthansa Rep: We are on strike. LBL: But I flew from DC to Frankfort. LR: We weren’t on strike […]

A Boomer Survival Guide to the End of Summer

August 21, 2012 by

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If you live in the northern hemisphere, the technical end-of-summer will occur on September 22 this year.  And, as in all previous years, this will be an afterthought to the general population.   Squirrels are more conscious of the change of seasons, but, as they constitute a very small percentage of the subscribers to the blog, they […]

Boomer’s Guide to Nude Beach Success

July 27, 2012 by

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Huff/post reports the following: The website Travel-Ticker.com recently conducted its annual summer intentions survey, and asked the following: If you were given the chance to do one crazy activity while on vacation that you wouldn’t attempt at home, what would it be? Some 27 percent of respondents chose skinny-dipping — and of that group, 67 […]

Navigating the Bridge to Nowhere

July 16, 2012 by

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The aging brain is like a GPS.  You know where you are headed, and your brain appears to be perfectly capable of sending you there. But you notice with increasing frequency that you are told to make a right turn, then, when you do, to make a U-turn. You may ultimately get where you want […]

Old Ladies Like Cute Shoes, Too

July 12, 2012 by

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Menopause on Pause

July 9, 2012 by

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Loyal reader and gifted fellow blogger Alaina Mabaso  has alerted Life in the Boomer Lane to a phenomenon so shocking that LBL had a reason to spit out her organic vegetable slime concoction that she was drinking to atone for having eaten half of a half-gallon of butter pecan ice cream last night.  According to The Week’s column […]

Home Sweet HOME

July 8, 2012 by

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Medieval peasant homes were simple wooden huts, usually consisting of one room.  All other rooms were technically known as “outside.” Slightly-better-off peasants lived in huts with two rooms. There were no panes of glass in the windows, no chimney, no chairs.  Peasants slept on straw and they did not have pillows. Instead they rested their […]

Get the Old Off the Road!

June 29, 2012 by

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Getting old is no laughing matter, which is why it is so much fun making jokes about old people.  Take driving, for example.  As long as one isn’t driving in the same town as an old person, one can get a real chuckle out of the story of 86-year-old Margaret Lazor who drove her station wagon […]